Complex implications around a simple trait: Ecological context determines the fecundity effects of corolla marcescence

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 812-818

  Herrera, Carlos M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corolla marcescence; Ecological context; Fruit predation; Narcissus longispathus; Nonadditive effects; Pollen limitation; Trigonophora flammea

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HERBIVORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORPHOLOGY; POLLINATOR; PREDATOR;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FERTILITY; FLOWER; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOTH; NARCISSUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEASON; SPAIN;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FERTILITY; FLOWERS; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC FITNESS; MOTHS; NARCISSUS; POLLINATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS; SPAIN;

NARCISSUS LONGISPATHUS;

EID: 84858414737     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000474     Document Type: Article

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